AI model comparison

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Hy3

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total.

Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.50
Context
1.05M
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Hy3

Hy3 is a 295B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model from Tencent (21B active, 192 experts with top-8 routing) built for reasoning, agentic workflows, and real-world production use.

Input / 1M
$0.13
Output / 1M
$0.53
Context
262K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Hy3

1.0x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

26.5 vs 25.3 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

1.05M vs 262K tokens

Newer release

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

Released October 15, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL26.5
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Coding index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLNot available
tencent logoHy358.8

Agentic index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLNot available
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Pricing

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Hy3 API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLtencent logoHy3
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.15$0.13
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.50$0.53
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.02$0.03
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$0.55
tencent logoHy3$0.53

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$6.50$2.60 cached
tencent logoHy3$6.07$3.10 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$23.50$4 cached
tencent logoHy3$20.86$6.01 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLtencent logoHy3
Context window1.05M tokens262K tokens
Max output236K tokens128K tokens
Input typesImage, Text, VideoText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableHigh, Low, None
Default reasoning effortNot availableHigh
Release dateOctober 15, 2026July 6, 2026

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLtencent logoHy3
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Hy3 is 1.0x cheaper for a typical chat. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (26.5 vs 25.3). Nemotron 3.5 Super VL has the larger context window (1.05M vs 262K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL or Hy3 cheaper?

Hy3 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Hy3 costs $0.13 per 1M input tokens and $0.53 per 1M output tokens, while Nemotron 3.5 Super VL costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL or Hy3?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 262K for Hy3.

Is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL smarter than Hy3?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores 26.5 and Hy3 scores 25.3, putting Nemotron 3.5 Super VL ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and Hy3 at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and Hy3 answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and Hy3 at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.